A woman's Love Of Drink?

[critical mass]

Billy

I liked this a lot. Can't comment on the meter.
I hear different stresses, but I hear them the same in every line so I read it smoothly.

Are women prone to drink full bodied white,
**** like the visuals and the contrast between wine and women, very creative.

in silent thought behind a veil of good?
**** Don't like silent with thought, I think it is a given.
Do like veil of good.

Do sips of red Shiraz betray like blood,
or merely compensate if life is slight?
**** I do like betray like blood. Being liquored up may show some bleeding
that is otherwise hidden.


Is drinking wine a pleasure or a blight,
**** must be a better opposing word for blight.

for housebound wives so seldom understood--

and what of pride in men of stone and mud;
is there a time when they should be upright?
**** This made me chuckle.

An empty glass does not denote she's sunk;
as ladies heavy with the scotch or port
can often hold their liquor like a can.
A female functions cooler when she's drunk;
as any chap a little out of sorts,
will tell you that his wife's a better man.

The last part reads well to me. I do like the can line.


Not trying to be over critical.
Enjoyed the read.

David